UX/UI Designer
Location: NZ, N, Auckland 
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Certification
Industry: Information Technology and Services

Company profile:
Parrot Analytics is a technology company that is working with TV content sellers and buyers to help them make more data-driven decisions to increase content-related ROI. The company has developed a unique technology platform that allows them to capture and analyze global TV content demand and consumption over the Internet in real time. This vast amount of global empirical data, combined with a data science layer, allows the company to provide unprecedented insights into geographic-specific content demand and predict, with high accuracy, future global performance for upcoming content.

Job description:
We have an amazing opportunity for an experienced, passionate and thought leading individual to join our team. This role is not your standard UX designer role as you will be coming in at the early stage to help define and shape the look and feel of our new disruptive online product. This means you will be cross skilled with web UI design as well. With your experience, you will be expected to hit the ground running and lead the early designs while working closely with our product development team.  We have no technical legacy or commercial constraints, nor do we have layers of red tape or processes to get stuff done. This really is an exciting role where you are empowered to do what you do best. This role requires you to lead all aspects of usability and design for our product as well as our online presence.  It will be a challenging but rewarding role for the right individual. If you’ve ever wanted to be part of the creation of a disruptive online product and are prepared for the journey that this entails then get in touch!Responsibilities Produce high-quality visual designs—from concept to execution, including those for desktop, web, and mobile devices at a variety of resolutions (icons, graphics, and marketing materials).Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, click-throughs, and prototypesCreate and manage design documentation, style guides, and specifications.Able to produce sketches, graphics, templates, layouts, themes, typography, and visual standards.Assist in the design of marketing and promotional materials including but not limited to email campaigns, sales events, and online campaigns.Ability to take the lead and own creative direction through ambiguity with the ability to articulate tradeoffs.Work with the wider team to evaluate the feasibility of proposed solutions, and proactively manage time and deadlines.Utilising a 'lean' UX design approach in accordance with the team's agile development and lean startup methodology; working closely with the wider team to rapidly experiment with design ideas, validate them with existing and prospective customers, and continually adjusting designs based on user feedback.

Requirements:
A strong understanding of design principles including layout, hierarchy, web UX, usability and typographyExperience with HTML/CSS prototyping.Ability to juggle multiple priorities on tight deadlines without compromising quality.Adobe CS Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, etc)Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

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